Illegal Logging In Brazil Gets Costly For Company

Other News to Note - Caribbean & Latin America

October 5, 1999

BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil has slapped a record-high $360,000 fine on a logging company for illegally cutting down endangered trees in the Amazon rain forest, the government's Environment Agency said Monday. Brazilian-owned Cilla Industria e Comercio will have to pay the fine for illegally felling, storing and transporting several tree species, including mahogany, in the state of Para.